Re: IML: 60-63 interior door handle breakage fix ?

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

This is correct, however, in my experience, this is primarily true for trim parts, and not quite so much so for functional items. What may be fine for car shows, isn't always practical for everyday use.

Paul W.

In an email dated 8/7/2005 3:46:46 am GMT Daylight time, "A. Foster" <monkeypuzzle1@xxxxxxx> writes:

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>I think that filling the hollow portion of the interior door handles would
>be a good way to strengthen them, if the compound will flow down through the
>stem of the part. Let's put our heads together and figure out a way to
>preserve these other two fragile pieces as well. Unfortunately, once any of
>these is broken, they can't really be fixed.
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>Paul W.
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>Paul;
> I would have to disagree with you on this point, pot metal can be fixed and
>quite effectively. A fellow down island from me owns a 1935 Chrysler Airflow
>and in his case the little grilles under the headlights were broken with
>pieces missing. He assembled all of the pieces and sent them to the plater
>to have them copper plated. After he got them back he soldered the pieces
>back together and made some new bars out of brass and soldered those into
>place. He sent them back to the plater where they polished everything up and
>rechromed them to as good as new.
> ?The door handles and horn rings can be repaired in much the same way and
>in fact could be reinforced by soldering a chunk of brass to the backside or
>perhaps through inserting a pin inside the break. This is what I will need
>to do with the grille bars of my 54' Imperial and will do so when the time
>comes. In the case of the 1960-63 door handles perhaps it may be worth while
>making a plug, minus the weak spots, and having some cast out of a stronger
>metal like bronze, as there are so many that break. Likewise it may be worth
>reproducing the 1955-56 horn rings as they were used in every car from
>Windsors up.
>Best Regards
>Arran Foster
>1954 Imperial Newport
>Needing a Left side tailight bezel and other trim parts.
>1975 Chrysler Newport
>Left the dome light on last week and discharged the battery.
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>In an email dated 6/7/2005 2:20:20 pm GMT Daylight time,
>joestill1@xxxxxxxxxxx (Joe) writes:
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>>On our '61 Crown, the sole surviving interior door handle was filled with
>some sort of putty, sort of like plumbers putty, when we got it. I don't
>know if that is the reason is was spared and the other three weren't but
>it's an idea anyway.
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>>Joe
>>Allen, Texas
>>'61 4D Crown Southampton
>>http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1961/JoeStill/index.htm
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>>-------------- Original message -------------- 
>>Everybody who has owned a 60-63 imperial is probably aware of the problem
>with the interior door handles breaking. I was pulling stuff off a 61 at a
>junkyard last week and noticed that all four of the handles were broken on
>that one. My blame for the problem is that the top of the handle is hollow
>and gets real thin were it meets the stem, causeing it to flex, over time
>all the flexing leads to breakage. My idea is to fill the hollowed top
>portion of the handle with something. I believe that would stop the flexing,
>add strenth and save the unbroken pieces that are left. I have considered
>lead, fiberglass resin, or some sort of epoxy like maybe JB weld. As for the
>already broken handles they're pretty much scrap metal, they're made of pot
>metal I believe, and cant be welded as far as I know. I would like to hear
>some of your opinions on this fix. Has anybody ever did this before ?
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